Heimerdinger vs Veigar
How to Beat Veigar as Heimerdinger
based on 2,403 Heimerdinger vs Veigar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Veigar Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Veigar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Veigar
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
Advice to Win Against Veigar
Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.
Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.
Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.
Heimerdinger vs Veigar Counter Stats
How to Counter Veigar with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some important Heimerdinger against Veigar counter statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Veigar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Veigar..
Heimerdinger normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Veigar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Veigar
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Veigar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Veigar, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter for Veigar.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate than Veigar, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Veigaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Veigar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Veigar matchups, Veigar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter for Veigar. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Veigar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Veigar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Veigar. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Veigar build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Veigar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 49.6% battling Veigar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Veigar as Heimerdinger, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Heimerdinger vs Veigar LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.
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